Playground Aircraft

Wildchild · **Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:34 am

You definatly wouldn't see that in America. It would be labeled a war relic and sunk off the coast of Tampa, only to be stolen a week later, like this Nepture that was in Lowery Park Zoo for awhile:

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Seen here around 1975 sporting a fresh red, white & blue paint job to celebrate the USA's upcoming bicentennial, for many years the drab, gray plane served as a unique "jungle gym" for adventurous kids with a yearning to climb something. After the plane was removed, it was relocated to the St. Pete air museum (which was basically an outdoor parking lot of old planes.) The museum, which was located by the St. Pete-Clearwater airport and the old 94th Aero Squadron restaurant, eventually fell into disrepair and closed. The aircraft were moved (dumped) in a field off of Hwy 17 south of Ft. Meade FL. Some have been moved to the MAPS Air Museum, Akron Ohio to be restored for museum display.

Here's a video of the plane before she was painted in the Bi-centenial markings:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2R6jw8y ... _embedded#!

(:47-2:01)

Ken · **Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:08 am

M.P. wrote:

Beech AT-11 on a playground at Walldorf, Germany, just about two miles south of the Rhein-Main Airbase at Frankfurt Airport.

Best meal ever was at "The Log" in Walldorf; don't think that was the real name, but called so because of large downed tree trunk in the front yard. Jägerschnitzel smothered with stewed tomatoes and baked under a layer of cheese. Great memories!

Ken

Ken · **Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:11 am

F-84:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/railwayed/1781761011/

Previous thread also:

viewtopic.php?p=275326

M.P. · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:48 pm

Ken wrote:

M.P. wrote:

Beech AT-11 on a playground at Walldorf, Germany, just about two miles south of the Rhein-Main Airbase at Frankfurt Airport.

Best meal ever was at "The Log" in Walldorf; don't think that was the real name, but called so because of large downed tree trunk in the front yard. Jägerschnitzel smothered with stewed tomatoes and baked under a layer of cheese. Great memories!

Ken

I believe you mean the restaurant „Zigeunereiche“. Today it is a coffee shop, no Jägerschnitzel anymore. The location is 50.012675,8.579224 and the AT-11 was only a few steps away at 50.012888,8.578137

JFS61 · **Joined:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:44 pm **Posts:** 305

Wildchild wrote:

You definately wouldn't see that in America. It would be labeled a war relic and sunk off the coast of Tampa, only to be stolen a week later, like this Neptune that was in Lowery Park Zoo for awhile:

Quote:

Seen here around 1975 sporting a fresh red, white & blue paint job to celebrate the USA's upcoming bicentennial, for many years the drab, gray plane served as a unique "jungle gym" for adventurous kids with a yearning to climb something. After the plane was removed, it was relocated to the St. Pete air museum (which was basically an outdoor parking lot of old planes.) The museum, which was located by the St. Pete-Clearwater airport and the old 94th Aero Squadron restaurant, eventually fell into disrepair and closed. The aircraft were moved (dumped) in a field off of Hwy 17 south of Ft. Meade FL. Some have been moved to the MAPS Air Museum, Akron Ohio to be restored for museum display.

Here's a video of the plane before she was painted in the Bi-Centennial markings:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2R6jw8y ... _embedded#!

(:47-2:01)

Just whatever did happen to that bird after it "disappeared"?

Wildchild · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:18 pm

JFS61 wrote:

Wildchild wrote:

You definately wouldn't see that in America. It would be labeled a war relic and sunk off the coast of Tampa, only to be stolen a week later, like this Neptune that was in Lowery Park Zoo for awhile:

Quote:

Seen here around 1975 sporting a fresh red, white & blue paint job to celebrate the USA's upcoming bicentennial, for many years the drab, gray plane served as a unique "jungle gym" for adventurous kids with a yearning to climb something. After the plane was removed, it was relocated to the St. Pete air museum (which was basically an outdoor parking lot of old planes.) The museum, which was located by the St. Pete-Clearwater airport and the old 94th Aero Squadron restaurant, eventually fell into disrepair and closed. The aircraft were moved (dumped) in a field off of Hwy 17 south of Ft. Meade FL. Some have been moved to the MAPS Air Museum, Akron Ohio to be restored for museum display.

Here's a video of the plane before she was painted in the Bi-Centennial markings:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2R6jw8y ... _embedded#!

(:47-2:01)

Just whatever did happen to that bird after it "disappeared"?

Here's the funny thing... Nobody knows.

After it was sunk, a week later divers came back out to check on the plane (which had its wheels incased in concrete) completely gone, with a clean cut above the landing gears.

The rumor is that once it was pulled out of the water it was trucked to a farmhouse and placed inside there, or cut up for scrap.

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